TY - BOOK N2 - The need to understand this global giant has never been more pressing: China is constantly in the news, yet conflicting impressions abound. Within one generation, China has transformed from an impoverished, repressive state into an economic and political powerhouse. In China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know , Jeffrey Wasserstrom provides cogent answers to the most urgent questions regarding the newest superpower and offers a framework for understanding its meteoric rise. --From publisher description. AB - The need to understand this global giant has never been more pressing: China is constantly in the news, yet conflicting impressions abound. Within one generation, China has transformed from an impoverished, repressive state into an economic and political powerhouse. In China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know , Jeffrey Wasserstrom provides cogent answers to the most urgent questions regarding the newest superpower and offers a framework for understanding its meteoric rise. --From publisher description. T1 - China in the 21st century :what everyone needs to know / DA - 2010. CY - New York, N.Y. : AU - Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N. CN - DS779.4 CN - DS779.4 PB - Oxford University Press, PP - New York, N.Y. : PY - 2010. ID - 351660 SN - 9780195394122 (pbk. : acid-free paper) SN - 0195394127 (pbk. : acid-free paper) SN - 9780195394474 SN - 019539447X TI - China in the 21st century :what everyone needs to know / ER -